This blog is dedicated to treating everyone - clients, prospects, friends, and family - as valuable partners. We should show them our gratitude through all our actions, including our marketing.

May 22, 2016

Gratitude Part 2

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over
someone is to beat him at politeness.” - Josh Billings

Gratitude
Marketing means that we show gratitude to others for many reasons. One of the
best ways that we can show gratitude is to thank others for what they do for
us. Another way is to thank others for what they do for other people, when we
are not included in any manner. We need to recognize these people for their
actions towards everyone.

That recognition builds relationships as well as making everyone feel
better about themselves and better towards everyone else. It even makes us, when
we recognize what others do, feel better about life in general. When we all
believe that life is positive, we are better business people and attract more
customers and clients. Therefore all of us are more prosperous and will succeed
in our businesses.

While practicing Gratitude Marketing, every person must be
polite in their dealings with everyone that they meet. It does not matter what
happens when we meet someone, we can be polite and friendly with everyone we
have the opportunity to meet. If we begin to establish a relationship with
anyone, our actions can be based on politeness towards others. Just maintain a
professional attitude, and politeness will follow.

Professionalism should be the watch word for operating a business. That
would include honest, ethical business dealings. Everything that we do is part
of our marketing, and if we do our marketing correctly, success in the form of
completed sales will fall into our laps. Our marketing reflects our philosophy
towards others and in our day to day operations. Marketing is what other people
see, and we should let them see our best.

Does being polite and practicing gratitude towards others mean that we
cannot be individuals in our businesses? Of course it does not. Showing our
appreciation for what others do, for us and for other people, becomes part of
our individualism. We should all embrace Gratitude Marketing as a basic philosophy that
will result in more success for our businesses.

Operating any business with professionalism and politeness is the new
standard for success. Karma returns to us exactly what we put forth, and we
never know from where the return will come or when it will arrive. Wouldn’t we
want others to deal with us in the best manner; wouldn’t we want others to
treat us well? It just makes sense to us as business owners.

Gratitude Marketing, including politeness
towards others, will result is success for us and our businesses. Building
relationships with others means partnerships and means referrals of others with
whom we may form further relationships, acquire customers, and turn customers
into clients. All of this results in more success for our businesses. If we
don’t like someone, smother them with politeness. Please leave me your comments,
or email me at Jim@JimTeasley.com, or call
me at 360-314-8691.